The goal here of course is not to dump off a HOF player. The problem is that he (apparently) wants absolute top dollar and is ALSO a HOF player. It's complicated. If the goal is to NEVER trade away a HOF player, shouldn't Donald be able to demand 50mil a year, or do you let some loser like the Lions offer him that salary? I mean at some point you choose not to gut your team just to get one great starter in a field where 21 other players need to be good starters too.
The goal is not to "Trade a top player for picks", it's to get something back when a top player wants to break the bank. Let him break someone else's bank.
